Dunia IRIS – Autonomous Lab Platform for Materials

Dunia Innovations is a deep-tech company in Berlin, Germany, working on how new materials are discovered. Its aim is to close the gap between simulation and real-world results by combining AI with autonomous experimentation, starting with materials for energy.

IRIS (Intelligent Research and Innovation System) is its first platform node. It combines robotics, real-world lab data and multi-modal learning models to design materials for energy, chemicals and advanced manufacturing. The site states that the autonomous lab accelerates the typical R&D timeline up to tenfold and targets building a large materials dataset for AI training.

• IRIS autonomous lab: robotics and generative AI running experiments in closed loops.
• Traceable data: every data point linked back to its origin.
• Industry-condition testing: experiments at industrial conditions and timescales.
• 24/7 cycles: rapid continuous experimentation.
• Multi-modal foundation models: lab data used for scientific predictions.
• Targeted design: unbiased, efficient sampling toward desired properties.

A Vietnamese battery or energy-storage developer could co-develop electrode or electrolyte materials through a joint R&D project. A catalyst or chemical producer could commission targeted material discovery. A semiconductor materials firm could test candidates under industrial conditions.

Site states a tenfold acceleration of the typical R&D timeline. Data is traceable to origin and results are reproducible real-world evidence. Testing runs under industry conditions and timescales. Rapid 24/7 cycles let candidates be screened continuously.

Autonomous labs that link AI prediction to physical experiments are a growing focus in materials R&D, because simulation alone often fails to transfer to real conditions. Energy storage, catalysts and semiconductors drive demand. Vietnamese battery, chemical and electronics makers may engage through collaboration rather than buying software.

Berlin-based. Press release of 2026-05-07 announced a Scientific Advisory Board and a Commercial Advisory Board with eight advisors. Backers named include Sequoia Scout Fund and angels Carlos Hartel and Chris Gibson. Customers are not named on the site; commercial terms are not published.